psychonaut

English

Etymology

From psycho- +‎ -naut.

Noun

psychonaut (plural psychonauts)

1. A person who explores his or her own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs.

   Synonym: neuronaut

   • 2022 November 17, Annie Lowrey, “Effective Altruism Committed the Sin It Was Supposed to Correct”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     It has also become an influential subculture in the Bay Area, where devotees commonly refer to themselves as effective altruists in the same way they might describe themselves as leftists or psychonauts.

Related terms

• psychonautics

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: psychonaut (nl) m, psychonaute f, neuronaut m, neuronaute f
• Finnish: psykonautti (fi)
• French: psychonaute (fr) m or f
• German: Psychonaut (de) m
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: psychonauta (pl) m, psychonautka f
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: психонавт (ru) m (psixonavt)
• Spanish: psiconauta m or f
• Swahili: please add this translation if you can

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English psychonaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpsi.xoːˈnɑu̯t/

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• Hyphenation: psy‧cho‧naut
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

psychonaut m (plural psychonauten, diminutive psychonautje n, feminine psychonaute)

1. A (male) person who explores his own psyche, commonly with the aid of psychedelic drugs; a psychonaut

   Synonym: neuronaut